Glass-annealing leer.



G. C. DE BAY. GLSS ANNBALING LEER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 26,1909.

Patented o0t.11,` 1910.

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GLASS ANNEALING LEER. APPLIUATION Hum un ze, 1909.

Patented Got. 11, 1910.

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NVENTOH G. C. DE BAY.

GLASS ANNEAL'LNG LEER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY ze, 1909.

Patented Oct. l1, 1910.

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`G. C. DE BAY.

GLASS ANNEALING LEER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26,1909.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR G. G. DE BAY. GLA.ss ANNBALING LEER.

.APPLIOATIUN -IILBD MAY 26,1909.

Patented 0611.11, 1910.

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To all whom @t may. concerm' Be it known that I, GEORGE C. Dn Bm?. a

' resident of Tarentum', in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement 4in A(allass-Annealing Leers, of which the following is Ia specification.

This inventionrelates to glassy annealing leere, and more particularly to a leer for annealing platesor sheets of glass'. Y

` Theobjectof the invention is to provide a leer having provision for/giving runiform heating andv also with article nconveying means so arrangedthat the plate can be deliveredthereto or therefrom without scratching or marri'ngl the' plateand which' will not affect the polish or glaze on the lower surv face' oftheglass which rests upon the con! veyer support.

The invention vcomprises the arrangement of parts hereinafterv described and claimed.

. In the accompanying drawings Figures 1 and 2 show avert-ical longitudinal section of e theileer'; Figl is a horizontal sectional view of a yportion ofthe leer showing the conveyingvmechanlsm inplan; Fig. 4 1s a transverse vertical section on the line 4 4, Fig.

3 showing the parts in position to 'receive a plate of glass; Fig. 5 is a similar view showing theparts in position with the glass on Ithe conveyer; and F ig. 6 is a transverse sectional View on theline 6 6, Fig. 3.

The leer comprises a suitable chamber 1, preferably `of. the cross section shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, provided atintervals along the sides with heaters comprising suitable.

chambers 2- in which are located 4gas burners and which` chambers 2 communicate Witlrthe annealing chamber through tlues 4. Other arrangements for heating the anwalingoven may be employed.

y In the annealing chamber is a floor or support 5 upon which is arranged a suitable Vtrack for the conveyer, thistrack comprising TENT onirica."

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to the endniost carriage and passing toa power driven drum 13 on which said cable is Wound to draw the carriages through the annealing oven. At the delivery end of the leer the` ca rriages run onto a lift or elevator 15 ofany suitable type, the one shown being adapted to be operated hydraulically and by means of which a carriage is lifted so that it can be delivered onto a return roller track 16 located above the oven and slightly iu*- clined so that the carriages are returned Vthereon by gravity to the receiving end of the leer, at which point is located another lift 17 by means of which each carriage is lowered to the level ot' the track in the leer, and is then hooked onto the last pre vious carriage in the leer and so again drawn yirough the leer.

/ Each of the carriages is in effect. a platform which rests directly upon the roller track, and having upon its upper surface transversely arranged tracks 20 which also are formed of a series of rollers upon which rests the plate supporting platform 21, this platform being movabletransversely of the carriage to receive articles, such as glass plates, thereon. This platform is formed in a series of sections 22 hinged together at.'

their meetingedges, as shown at 23, and arranged when pushed sidewise off the buggy to be proJected through an opening 24 in the side of the leer and extend downwardly into the pit'25. Suitable guides 26 are provided in the pit to support and guide the sectional or flexible platform. The article delivery mechanism is at the side of the leer, adjacent to the pit 25, and in the drawing is indicated by a portion 27 of plate forming and fire finishing mechanism such as described and claimed in my application of even date herewith, Serial No. 498,554, although it may be rollers or other suit-able article delivery mechanism. lVhen receiving, for instance, a plate the sectional or flexible plat* form 21 is in the position shown in Fig. 4, that is, projecting downl into the pit as shown. The end of the plate is fed forward positively and also preferably will have its end secured to the sectional platform 21 by means of any suitable clamping means shown at 28, after which the platform is pulled up onto the carriage, the plate being moved forwardly at the same speed so that it is delivered upon the platform Without relative `liding movement thereon and consequently notl scratched or abraded nor is its glaze injured.

Any suitable mechanism may be employed for drawing the platfornrnp onto the carriage. The drawings for this purpose show a rack bar 32 havinga detachable connection 4the movement of the plate. The drawings show the gear 35 driven by bevel gearing and shafts which extend up and over the leerto the receiving side thereof, where they are connected to the driving shaft for the plate forming and feeding mechanism. In order to push the sectional platform off the carriage into the pit the gear 35 could be reversed, but I prefer to connect said gear to its driving shaft by means of a clutch`34, and push ,the rack bar 32 inwardly'by connecting to the Same a chain or cable adapted to be wound on the dru1n4l which is connected toa motor 42. The rack bar 32 is so connectedto the sectional platform that it can be readily attached and detached therefrom so that when a carriage with its platform is brought opposite the receiving opening the rack bar. is connected to said platform, the latter pushed off the carriage to extend into the pit, the plate clamped-to said platform and both drawn together onto Y the carriage, after which the rack bar is detached to permit the leer conveyer to move forward the length of one carriage when this operation is repeated on the next succeeding carriage. To prevent the sectional platform from moving transversely on the carriage while passing through the leer, the outer end of said platform abuts against a suitable stop 44 and is secured to the buggy by a latch 45, which prevents its movement in `the opposite direct-ion.

The mechanism described provides means for delivering a plate onto the conveyer without any sliding movement and so prevents Ascratching or marring the lower snrface of the plate. At the delivery end of the oven a similar arrangement may be applied for delivering the plate from the leer conveyer onto a driven conveyer for carrying the plate away. The arrangement of such device would be exactly similar to that shown for receiving the plate. It would merely be reverselyV operated.

The lues 4 are so arranged that'they pro ject the heat horizontally at the top ofthe annealing chamber, and preferably at the center, so that the edges of the4 article on the leer vconveyer are not overheated. The air as it cools naturally settles down in unifoi. liorlzontal strata so that the plate or other j article' on the conveyer is uniformly and i evenly heated.

At. the entrance end ofthe leer before thenarticles aredelivered onto the conveyeigthe platforms Ql become thoroughly heated. so that the subsequent intro duction of heat above the plate insures the latter being uniformly heated on both surfaces. and it gradually cools 0H uniformly. Toward the exit end of the leer the heat gradually decreases as is usual. that the lower surface of the plate or other 4article may not be clouded or rendered dull by contact with the platform on which it rests and under the heat of annealing, said platform is made of a substance which has neither adherence to or ainity for hot glass. In the preferred form the sections of this platform are molded blocks consisting of a mixture of fine smooth carbon, such as lamp black, or a tine smooth charcoal or chariake, such as produced by charring oak wood, and

In order which contains no grit or other matter likely to injure or scratch the glass, together with a suitable binder for such fine carbon, the binder preferred being plaster of paris, which is mixed witlrthe carbon in substantially equal quantities by volume. Blocks formed from this composition are perfectly smooth yand non-porous, do not adhere to the glass and do not cloud or injure the finish or polish of the surface resting thereon. The blocks or slabs of this composition are set into suitable metal frames forming the sections of the plate receiving platform.

The operationof the leer conveying and receiving mechanism will be readily understood from the foregoing description. By means of it large glass articles such as Sheets or plates can be conveniently handled and thoroughly annealed and in a manner not to scratch or-othe'rwise injure the polished or glazed surfaces thereof.

lVhat I claim is:

1. In glass annealing apparatus the combination of a leer, a conveyer therein, a platform mounted on the conveyerand movable transversely thereof to beiprojected through the side of the leer, and mechanism arranged to be detachably connected to said platform for moving the same transversely off' from and onto the conveyer.

2. In glass annealing apparatus the combination of a leer, a1 conveyer therein, a platform formed in sections flexibly connected together and mounted on the conveyer and movable transversely thereof, and mechanism for moving said .platform transversely of the conveyer.

8. In glass annealing apparatus the combination of a leer, a conveyer therein, a'platformA comprising alnumber of sections ilexibly connected together and 'mounted on the conveyer to be movable transversely thereof,

a pit at the `side of the leer into which said sectional platform can project and mecha` 5. In glass annealing apparatus the com -l bination of a leer, a conveyer therein, a plat- `form-formed of sections flexibly connected together and mounted on the conveyer to move transversely thereof, and a reciprocating actuating member arranged for ready connection lto and disconnection from said platform.

6. In glass annealing apparatus the combination of a leer, a conveyer therein, a platfornrformed in sections flexibly connected together and mounted on the conveyer to move transversely thereof, a clamp for sec uring articles to the platform, and mechanism for moving said platform transversely of the conveyer.

7. In apparatus for annealing glass the combination of a leer, a conveyer therein, a platform comprising a series of sections flexibly connected together and mounted on -and move the same transversely of the the conveyer to move transversely thereof, mechanism for moving said platform transversely on said conveyer, and means for locking said platform to said conveyer.

S. In glass annealing apparatus the com bination of a leer provided With an opening in its side, delivery means adjacent to said opening, a conveyer in saidV leer, a platform composed of sections flexibly connected and mounted on said conveyer to move transversely thereof and arranged when moved oft' the conveyer to extend downwardly, and mechanism arranged to move said platform transversely of the conveyer.* off from and onto the same.

9. In glass annealing apparatus the combination of a'leer, a track therein, a series of carriages moving on said track and forming a conveyer, a vplatform on each carriage and comprising a series of sections hinged together and mounted on the carriage to move transversely thereof, and mechanism located in the course of travel of the carriages and arranged to be connected to said platform carriage.

Intestimony whereof, I have hereunto set F. W. VINTER, JoHN S. Cour.

my hand. 

